AOL Debuts New AOL Mobile Search Services; Optimizes Results for Mobile Phones
July 27th, 2005 | by amarfresh |Following announcements by Google and Yahoo!, AOL has come around with their own mobile search services. the AOL Mobile Web services provide mobile phone optimized WAP access to AOL’s search, shopping, and directory services. To test the service simply point your cell phone’s WAP browser to mobile.aolsearch.com
Here is a list of features:
* The Mobile AOL(R) Search service gives users the ability to search the Web using any word or phrase, just as they would on the desktop. It lets users access all Web content, not just the WAP-enabled pages accessible through other mobile browsers. Search results are automatically formatted to the user’s mobile screen size and links are clickable, making mobile search actionable and useful.
* Pinpoint Shopping is AOL’s new shopping search service that gives users a fast and easy way to find and compare features and prices for millions of products from thousands of online merchants. With mobile Pinpoint Shopping, users can compare prices, products and merchant reputations on the fly before they buy, even if they are already in the store.
* Mobile AOL Yellow Pages gives users the ability to not only search for local listings, but to take immediate action on their search results. With just one click, users can place a call to the local businesses they are seeking and instantly access a relevant MapQuest map with directions.
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